Tilde
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This article is about the punctuation and diacritical mark. For the Swedish singer, see Tilde (singer).
"~" redirects here. For the album, see ~ (album).
The tilde (/ˈtɪld, -di, -də, -deɪ/)[1] ˜ or ~, is a grapheme with a number of uses. The name of the character came into English from Spanish, which in turn came from the Latin titulus, meaning 'title' or 'superscription'.[2][lower-alpha 1] Its primary use is as a diacritic (accent) in combination with a base letter; but, for historical reasons, it is also used in standalone form within a variety of contexts.
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Tilde (symbol), Combining tilde (diacritic) | |
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Double tilde: Approximation [≈] or Double negation [ ~(~ ] |
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